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Incorrectly regarded as goofs: Trooper Duffy claims to have been a Texas Independence fighter wounded at the Alamo. No white adult males from that army survived the battle. However, he is probably telling a tall tale.See more »

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Although it only ran for two seasons, "F Troop" was a consistently
hilarious
western spoof that should have stayed on much longer. It didn't just stick
to satirizing westerns--the show managed to throw in vampires (Vincent
Price
showed up in one episode), James Bond-ish secret agents (Pat Harrington as
"Agent B. Wise"), rock bands (Agarn leaves the army to manage a group
called
The Bedbugs) and just about anything else they could think of. The show was
crammed with memorable characters: Ken Berry's well intentioned but
bumbling
Capt. Parmenter, Forrest Tucker's scheming capitalist Sgt. O'Rourke, Larry
Storch's loyal but not particularly bright Cpl. Agarn, Joe Brooks'
sight-impaired lookout Cpl. Vanderbilt. The real find, though, was Frank
DeKova as Chief Wild Eagle. DeKova parlayed his sinister, menacing
appearance into a career of playing cold-hearted killers and various
psychos. As conniving Chief Wild Eagle, though, he showed a flair for comed
y
that was wholly unexpected. Although he went over the top sometimes, he was
consistently fun to watch, and you really looked forward to his
appearances.
There were some truly funny running gags (Parmenter's "Please Jane, not in
front of the men" whenever Jane tried to put the moves on him; directions
to
Fort Courage that always went, "Make a left at the rock that looks like a
bear, then a right at the bear that looks like a rock"), but the one that
everyone remembers is when O'Rourke would say to Agan, "I don't know why
everybody says you're so dumb", and then ten minutes later, in the middle
of
another scene, Agarn would turn to O'Rourke and say, "Who says I'm dumb?" A
truly funny show that should have lasted longer than it
did.

P.S. There's a blooper reel in circulation that has about 10 minutes of "F
Troop" outtakes on it. If you ever come across it, snap it up. It's even
funnier (and far dirtier!) than the stuff that made it into the
show.

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